Mythos Mozart

The new Mozart experience “Mythos Mozart” in Vienna promises to be the world’s only multimedia experience for all senses. Everything about it screams high tech, inventiveness, and scientific knowledge. A 60-minute tour of five chambers will astound everyone, not just Mozart and music aficionados.

Mythos Mozart is a remarkable experience because of the confluence of music, performing arts, architecture, and technology, as well as the extravagant spatial and media staging and the physical and palpable interaction with Mozart. Not only a significant number of international artists and professionals are responsible for Mythos Mozart’s visual and auditory splendor; cutting-edge technology is also backed by the major institutes of the “Vienna Creative Industry.”

In 1984, Milos Forman’s film “Amadeus” transformed Mozart into a pop star, portraying him as vivacious, accessible, and engaging. A decade later, near the site of Mozart’s death, there is a fresh emotive portrayal of the musical genius:

Visitors to Mythos Mozart undergo a 60-minute tour via five rooms on a firsthand trip into Mozart’s universe. For example, when 1,500 LED candles magically illuminate a hallowed area and his Requiem is played on hundreds of loudspeakers. When guests dive into a painted, artistically animated 360-degree panorama of the city with Mozart-era sceneries, fly over the rooftops of Vienna in a balloon, or take a journey through the Magic Flute. When they perform interactively in “Mozart’s World of Music” and on instruments from all over the globe in “Kleine Nachtmusik,” and when they immerse themselves in his creative universe of light and music ideas in “Mozart’s Genius” under thousands of synapses. Mythos Mozart eventually achieves its conclusion in the last chamber, “Mozart Forever,” which is made up of magnificent, digital visual worlds made up of millions of pieces of data synthesized using artificial intelligence.

Experts and artists include British-German light designer Moritz Waldemeyer, Austrian-Iranian filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer Arash T. Riahi, and Los Angeles-based new media artist Refik Anadol. The confluence of music, performing arts, architecture, and technology, as well as the rich spatial and media staging, distinguishes Mythos Mozart.

The sound is “Made in Vienna” – produced and rearranged by sound specialist Walter Werzowa and recorded by tomorrow’s stars: mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna students. The mdw is also one of the finest music institutions in the world, ranking second in the worldwide comparison (QS World University Rankings 2022).

Mythos Mozart has a highly significant location: the “Kleines Kayserhaus” on Rauhensteingasse, where Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart created the “Zauberflöte” and the Requiem and died in 1791. Today, the address is Kärntner Strasse 19, in the basement of the Steffl Department Store, a five-minute walk from St. Stephen’s Cathedral. The Sky & Roofgarden on the top level has an excellent view over the first district, the Karlskirche (Church of St. Charles), the Giant Ferris Wheel – and, of course, St. Stephen’s Cathedral.

Mozart, who was born in Salzburg in 1756, found success in Vienna. He stood on his own two feet as an independent musician (which was quite uncommon at the time) and became a music sensation. He left his imprint on Vienna after 10 years of creative work. His legacy endures.